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Misplayed AK? Stars Big $27.50

pkrnewb42

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January 31, 2012 - 8:37 pm

No read on villain, only 5 hands played. Did I make a bad river call here?

Poker Stars $25.00+$2.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t20/t40 Blinds – 8 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

BTN: t585 14.62 BBs
SB: t13475 336.88 BBs
BB: t3890 97.25 BBs
Hero (UTG): t5705 142.62 BBs
UTG+1: t2845 71.12 BBs
MP1: t3360 84 BBs
MP2: t2110 52.75 BBs
CO: t3120 78 BBs

Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG with K of clubs A of diamonds
Hero raises to t80, 5 folds, SB raises to t240, 1 fold, Hero calls t160

Flop: (t520) 4 of diamonds K of hearts 3 of clubs (2 players)
SB bets t160, Hero raises to t360, SB calls t200

Turn: (t1240) 9 of diamonds (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t575, SB raises to t1360, Hero calls t785

River: (t3960) T of spades (2 players)
SB bets t4000, Hero calls t3745 all in

Final Pot: t11450
SB shows A of clubs A of hearts (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows K A of diamonds (a pair of Kings)
SB wins t11450

Dont be easy on me 😛

shutEMdown

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January 31, 2012 - 11:25 pm

i cant think of one reason to raise flop, or b/c turn. his 3b range should be pretty narrow here prob something like TT+, AQs. such a hand, your either WA/WB. id flat flop, chk back turn, evaluate river (prob call river bet for random clown factor). had you played it like so, pot would have been like 860 OTR and you could effectively call a river bet or bet it yourself if he chks it to you. essentially saving you lots of monies when behind but still playing it well enough to get value from worse.

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January 31, 2012 - 11:52 pm

Agree ^^^.. you don't want to lose value the times when you have him crushed on such a dry flop so just call his flop bet. Don't want to force him off hands we beat by raising here. Call bet/ check back turn.. And just call again on river as there is usually no value raising and we aren't looking to play for stacks this deep.

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February 1, 2012 - 11:14 am

Yeah, it's so unlikely that a worse Kx hand 3b you pf, especially since you opened UTG.

Checking back the Turn might feel like you're losing value, but I don't think you get 3 streets vs. anything you beat and so checking back the Turn disguises your hand really well.

As played, the river is a clear fold.

hapetimes

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February 1, 2012 - 7:54 pm

Just to re-iterate the points above

what are we trying to achieve raising the flop?

we pretty much make AQs, 99, TT, JJ and probably QQ fold which is NOT what we want

therefore the only hands that will call us are AK or AA none of which we are ahead of. just call.

When villain does bet-call the flop with AK, AA and if for some reason he does also with QQ or JJ, there is again no reason to bet the turn b/c he is NEVER calling with the 2 hands we beat and he is ALWAYS either calling or raising with the other 2. just check behind.

As played i fold the turn c/r or snap-fold river

pkrnewb42

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February 1, 2012 - 8:20 pm

Thanks for the replies. Great info.

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